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The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 120,260 cases, including 5,390 deaths, in 101 counties.  As of Sunday, Iroquois County Public Health was reporting 132 confirmed cases on COVID-19.&nbsp...

A Milford man is jailed on a $1-million bond for the 2019 Iroquois County death of a Martinton woman. 47-year-old Jason Fancher faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 54-year-old Pam Williams, whose body was...

Chief Judge Michael Kramer has announced plans to resume a more traditional court schedule effective June 1 (2020) followinbg weeks to altered activity due to the COVID-19 emergency pandemic. Judge Kramer advises jurors and...

Discussions were underway (Thursday) in Iroquois County concerning suggestions on how to address COVID-19 concerns – now that the economy is beginning its re-opening. The County Board Policy & Procedure committee heard about...

Iroquois County Treasurer, Kurt Albers has announced that the 2019 payable 2020 real estate tax statements have been mailed out. First due date is July 1st and second installment is due September 1st. You can pay your taxes at...

The public can conduct business in Iroquois County government offices again today (Thursday).  The offices in the Adminstrative Center in Watseka resumed daily operations, after being closed to the public for the last...

A former Gilman man was sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection with a weapons charge. Chase Miles was sentenced in Vermilion Circuit Court in a plea agreement. Miles pleaded guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a...

The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office identified 41-year-old Stantio Martinez of Willowbrook as the victim of a fatal car crash in Iroquois County Wednesday. Martinez died of injuries at Riverside Hospital. He was a passenger in a...

Kankakee County Public Health (Wednesday) announced an additional 28 new cases of coronavirus. It brings the total number of confirmed cases in the county 1,124. There are still 53 deaths, none reported Wednesday. Iroquois County...

A 2-vehicle accident in Iroquois County today (Wednesday) left one person dead. Sheriff’s Police report a passenger in a vehicle driven by Felipe Aranda was pronounced dead at Riverside Hospital. Aranda’s vehicle was westbound on...